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CVE-2013-4449

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which...

4.3 MediumFix available

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Exploit likelihood

10.9%Up 7.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Record
CVE-2013-4449
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-189
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Record
CVE-2013-4449
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2013-4320 No score

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Record
EUVD-2013-4320
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rmpx-9wfm-j7j4 No score

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which...

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Record
GHSA-rmpx-9wfm-j7j4
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Record
CVE-2013-4449
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2013-4449 No score

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4449
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVMGASA-2014-0062 No score

Updated openldap packages fix security vulnerability

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) performed reference counting when using the rwm (rewrite/remap) overlay. A remote attacker able to query the OpenLDAP server could use this flaw to crash the server by immediately unbinding from the server after sending a search request (CVE-2013-4449).

Record
MGASA-2014-0062
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0887-1 No score

Security update for openldap2

openldap2 was updated to fix three security issues and one non-security bug.

The following vulnerabilities were fixed:

* A remote attacker could cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by
  unbinding immediately after a search request. (bnc#846389,
  CVE-2013-4449)
* A remote attacker could cause a denial of service through a NULL
  pointer dereference and crash via an empty attribute list in a deref
  control in a search request. (bnc#916897, CVE-2015-1545)
* A remote attacker could cause a denial of service (crash) via a
  crafted search query with a matched values control. (bnc#916914,
  CVE-2015-1546)

The following non-security bug was fixed:

* Prevent connection-0 (internal connection) from showing up in the
  monitor back-end. (bnc#905959)

Security Issues:

* CVE-2015-1546
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1546>
* CVE-2015-1545
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1545>
* CVE-2013-4449
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4449>
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0887-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2013-4449 No score

The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4449
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2622-1 No score

openldap vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain search queries that returned empty attributes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to assert, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-1164)

Michael Vishchers discovered that OpenLDAP improperly counted references when the rwm overlay was used. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4449)

It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain empty attribute lists in search requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-1545)

Record
USN-2622-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openldap
Debian:12
before 2.4.39-1.1
2.4.39-1.1
openldap
Debian:13
before 2.4.39-1.1
2.4.39-1.1
openldap
Debian:14
before 2.4.39-1.1
2.4.39-1.1
openldap
Debian:6.0
before 2.4.23-7.3+deb6u1, plus listed versions
2.4.23-72.4.23-7.12.4.23-7.22.4.23-7.3
2.4.23-7.3+deb6u1
openldap
Debian:7
before 2.4.31-2, plus listed versions
2.4.31-1+nmu2
2.4.31-2
openldap
Mageia:3
before 2.4.33-7.1.mga3
2.4.33-7.1.mga3
openldap
Mageia:4
before 2.4.38-1.1.mga4
2.4.38-1.1.mga4
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
0:2.4.23-34.el6_5.1
compat-openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.3.43_2.2.29-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43_2.2.29-27.el5_10
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-servers-overlays
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
compat-openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43_2.2.29-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43_2.2.29-27.el5_10
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-servers-overlays
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server
before 0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
0:2.3.43-27.el5_10
openldap
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.1, plus listed versions
2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu32.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu42.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu52.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8
2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2013-4449 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Openldap, published February 5, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.9%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in openldap 2.4.39-1.1.

References

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